Girls' name · since 1945
Elyce
830 babies named Elyce in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,529 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 830
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
830 babies have been named Elyce since 1945, making it today's #12081 girls' name.
Elyce has 830 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12081 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #8,529 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,081 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 830 born since 1945
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elyce ranks #8,529 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,081 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 830 born since 1945, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,529 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 830
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
Elyce's 830 recorded births place it above 88.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Elyce compares
830 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elyce's all-time total is 121% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elyce | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 830 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elyce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elyce splits its recorded history at 1986: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1945 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elyce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Elyce by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (154 births, 19% of the file).
1980s was Elyce's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Elyce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 39
1940s
39 births
- 1950s
1950s
113 births
- 1960s
1960s
95 births
- 1970s 55
1970s
55 births
- 1980s
1980s
154 births
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
152 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 154 births (19% of all-time use).
How Elyce compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Elyce's total volume
Elyce by state
Where Elyce concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 1.8% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.6% |
15 of 830 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Elyce's data
- Elyce's decade-level peak was the 1980s (154 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Elyces (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elyce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~80 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1945–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elyce draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.